An open letter to all basketball coaches in this area: We attended many basketball games this season and the refereeing was terrible! We suggest that all of you get together before next season with whomever is in charge of the referees and tell them you thought their performance, or really their non-performance, was and is unacceptable. ...more

February 22, 2009

New York Yankees infielder Alex Rodriguez began his press conference in Tampa 25 minutes late, but finally answered questions that were long overdue. ...more

February 17, 2009

On Tuesday, the Florida High School Athletics Association released tentative reclassified districts for girls volleyball, boys and girls basketball, and boys and girls soccer for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons. ...more

February 10, 2009

Herman Hernandez was a qualifier for the state wrestling title in his weight class during his freshman and junior seasons. ...more

January 21, 2009

To the kind gentleman at the Village Inn on Thursday, Jan. 15, thank you for buying our breakfast. On Thursday, a group of us went to breakfast at the Village Inn before school. When our breakfast arrived, we said a prayer and got down to the business of eating and discussing our upcoming finals, and sports of course. As we were finishing, this gentleman came up to our table and took our bills. He indicated that he was proud of us and our conduct and he wanted to pay our bills. We tried to dissuade him he was adamant. ...more

January 18, 2009

You can get a rough estimate of the calories you will expend in many activities with a simple formula developed by physiologists using a yardstick known as the Metabolic Equivalent, or MET. ...more

January 17, 2009

Taking advantage of a five-day period of rest for his shoulder isn't even a consideration for Lightning C Vinny Lecavalier. ...more

January 9, 2009

Michelle Cuencas takes a vested interest in what her kids do, all 125 of them. ...more

December 15, 2008

F.A.I.R., the Family Abilities Information Rally, took place last month at The Academies, a charter school for students with learning and learning related disabilities. ...more

December 3, 2008

Advancing Civil Rights Re: "Denied Equal Rights" (Letter Of The Day, Nov. 7): ...more

November 21, 2008